Why do I now have to render after every edit in PP 2018?

[sandy_t]

My computer tower was just re-imaged and now I find that I must RENDER EVERY EDIT (I am working on a project started on an Alienware computer and all files have been moved to my tower's local drive). This is not something I have encountered before. Is this normal?  Any help with this issue is greatly appreciate!

My specs:

• running Windows 10
• 32 GB RAM
• Intel Xeon (R) Bronze 3104 CPU @ 1.70 GHz
• 64 bit OS
• x64 based processor
• Premiere Pro 12.0.1 (build 69)

[Ann Bens]

Do you have MPE hardware turned on?

Does the sequence match the footage?

What color is the render bar?

[sandy_t]

Hi Ann,

The render bar is red. The sequence matches the footage. How do I check to if MPE is turned on?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Ann Bens]

In the project settings under General / rendering

[sandy_t]

I don't see an option for rendering under General in the Project Preference page (v12.0.1).  Can you please provide additional instructions? Thanks in advance Ann - I appreciated your help!

[Bill Gehrke · Accepted solution]

1. What Graphics card are you using?
2. That Xeon processor while it is pretty new is one of the weakest Xeon CPU's I have have ever seen 1.7 GHz with no Turbo boost , 6-cores with no hyperthreading.  It has no place in any video editing computer.  That chip was design for a very low cost memory intensive applications (768 GB).
3. Run in a CMD window GPUSniffer.exe like this.

[sandy_t]

Thank-you so much Bill! Your feedback resolved my issue! I updated the NVIDIA driver on the PC but the issues remained. I looked into the settings on Adobe Premier and discovered that the project was set to use software acceleration for rendering. I ran the GPUSniffer in Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Premier Pro as Administrator. I am now able to set rendering to use GPU Hardware Acceleration. And, I no longer have a red line (requiring rendering) for every edit I complete on the timeline. Success!! Thank-YOU to all who responded to my issue.

[Ann Bens]

I gather you found the difference between Project Settings and Preferences.

[sandy_t]

Yes Ann I did. Thanks again for your help!

[SAFEHARBOR11]

No one is ever forced to render anything, it is optional

Red, yellow, and green render bars and what they mean | Adobe Blog

[sandy_t]

SafeHarbor11 - Do you enjoy posting replies that are NOT helpful - Perhaps you get a kick out of wanting to appear smart!

[SAFEHARBOR11]

My post was meant to be helpful - many users wrongly assume that just because they see a red bar above the timeline that they MUST render that area. I have a powerful computer, yet often see red bars. However, I can still in most cases get smooth playback of the timeline for preview purposes, with no need at all to render.

Thank you

Jeff

[sandy_t]

My apologies to you SAFEHARBOR11! Thanks for your kind response back